{"id":1507,"date":"2020-05-15T08:40:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T08:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/year3\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2020-05-15T08:40:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T08:40:25","slug":"friday-15th-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/year3\/2020\/05\/15\/friday-15th-may-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 15th May 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone! We hope you’re well and staying positive. We’re missing you lots but have really enjoyed hearing all about the wonderful things you’ve been getting up to with your families. This week, we’ve been doing lovely things with our families too…<\/p>\n

Mrs Atkins has been spending yet more time in her garden. It’s a really interesting time outside in nature at the moment. She has spotted that the flowers on the fruit trees and bushes are falling off and in their place, fruits are forming. Look! Can you see? Can you identify these fruits from Mrs Atkins’s garden in the pictures below: blueberries, raspberries, apples and plums?<\/p>\n

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You might remember that Mrs Pike has been building her own home on the farm. She’s very excited to be moving in next week so this week has included a lot of painting and moving furniture! She has also squeezed in some baking and has made an apple Dorset cake.<\/p>\n

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Miss Shaw has enjoyed spending time with her baby, Odi. Look how cute he is! Who knew there were so many unexplored walks around our area! There’s even a waterfall!<\/p>\n

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Here is the home learning for this week…<\/p>\n

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How would different weather affect each stage of farming? Consider the effect on different crops such as fruits, wheat, corn, grass (for animal feed), potatoes etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nPloughing<\/td>\nSowing<\/td>\nCrop Spraying<\/td>\nHarvesting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drought (No rain)<\/td>\nLand would be hard and difficult to plough.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Average Rain<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heavy Rain\/ Flooding<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
High winds<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nFruit could be blown off before collecting and become spoiled.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No wind<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

CHALLENGE<\/strong> \u2013 What would \u2018ideal\u2019 weather look like for a wheat farmer vs a grass-fed cow farmer?<\/p>\n

SUPPORT<\/strong> \u2013 Plant and grow any type of seed you can find in three pots of soil. In Pot 1, give it no water to simulate drought. In Pot 2, give it a constant supply of water to simulate heavy rain or a flood. In Pot 3, try to make sure there are optimum conditions (perfect for growing). Look closely to see what happens to the plants and the soil.<\/p>\n

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English<\/u><\/strong>: The magic tree. <\/u><\/p>\n

Sentence challenge!<\/strong><\/p>\n

A preposition<\/u><\/strong> is a word that shows the relationship between one thing and another. It usually tell you where<\/u><\/strong> a thing is in relation to something else (the position) E.g. The green, shining door appeared inside<\/u><\/strong> the tree. Can you write a minimum of 3 sentences about this magic three that contain prepositions?<\/p>\n

If this was a portal to another world, would you go through it or stay on Earth? If you walked through the portal, what would happen to you? What would you see?<\/p>\n

Imagine you have just walked through the open portal and into the world inside the tree. Draw and then describe what you can see \u2013 remember to use fantastic adjectives to create expanded noun phrases.<\/p>\n

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Guided reading: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hidden nature. Use the image to answer the questions, remember this is using your inference skills so there\u2019s exact answer, it\u2019s reading between the lines and using the clues to help.<\/p>\n

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